TABLE 2.
Patient, clinician, and hospital demographics for patients presenting to the ED for an opioid-related diagnosis stratified by ethnicity.
| Non-Hispanic (n = 4098) | Hispanic (n = 822) | Unknown or not reported (n = 127) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | |||
| Age (years) | 39.3 (±13.3) | 38.3 (±12.5) | 38.5 (±14.3) |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 1471 (35.9) | 221 (26.9) | 38 (29.9) |
| Male | 2627 (64.1) | 601 (73.1) | 89 (70.1) |
| Insurance | |||
| Medicaid | 1485 (36.8) | 388 (47.5) | 26 (21.0) |
| Medicare | 510 (12.6) | 68 (8.3) | 9 (7.3) |
| Private | 854 (21.1) | 238 (29.2) | 25 (20.2) |
| Self-pay | 1069 (26.5) | 99 (12.1) | 62 (50.0) |
| Other | 83 (2.1) | 18 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Unknown or not reported | 39 (1.0) | 5 (0.6) | 2 (1.6) |
| Diagnosis | |||
| Overdose | 1374 (33.5) | 344 (41.8) | 36 (28.3) |
| Withdrawal | 687 (16.8) | 151 (18.4) | 20 (15.7) |
| ED clinician characteristics | |||
| Clinician gender | |||
| Female | 1077 (26.3) | 292 (35.5) | 25 (19.7) |
| Male | 2798 (68.3) | 518 (63.0) | 89 (70.1) |
| Clinician age (years) | |||
| <35 | 729 (18.8) | 135 (16.7) | 19 (16.7) |
| 35–44 | 1568 (40.5) | 362 (44.7) | 56 (49.1) |
| 45+ | 1578 (40.7) | 313 (38.6) | 39 (34.2) |
| DEA X-waiver status | |||
| Waivered before trial | 1631 (39.8) | 420 (51.1) | 53 (41.7) |
| Waivered during trial | 719 (17.5) | 76 (9.2) | 30 (23.6) |
| Not waivered | 1523 (37.2) | 314 (38.2) | 31 (24.4) |
| Unknown | 225 (5.5) | 12 (1.5) | 13 (10.2) |
| Hospital characteristics | |||
| Type of ED | |||
| Community | 2432 (59.3) | 425 (51.7) | 51 (40.2) |
| Academic | 1666 (40.7) | 397 (48.3) | 76 (59.8) |
| Urbanicity | |||
| Rural | 392 (9.6) | 18 (2.2) | 7 (5.5) |
| Suburban | 739 (18.0) | 168 (20.4) | 19 (15.0) |
| Urban | 2967 (72.4) | 636 (77.4) | 101 (79.5) |
Note: Data are reported as mean (±SD) or n (%).